WOOD BURNING 101

NICE LONG HORN ~ drawn free hand... COOL looking egh?

... my perfect little barbed wire....

Wood Burning the Barb wire first, allowing the center to have Circle M for MORSE & carrying the Longhorns look through the brand creation came out PERRRRRRFECT!

Goes perfect also with those valances I made & the shimmery curtains!

The one over the sink I added the rope to the bottom of the material pull shade to match

Behind the couch... still have to do the couch but I have some great ideas :)

I re-apolstered the the seats to match the curtain... or visa versa really.. as I only had enough material left to do what I did with the valance as you see there... notice the horse hair detail in the center? OOOOooooo ... AAAAAAhhhhhh ;)

Next on the agenda?

WHO KNOWS!

Tomorrow is another day... lets see what's in store shall we :)

Angels Absess

BECAUSE BLOGGER IS PISSING ME OFF ~

I HAVE TO EXPLAIN PICS before my blog... dont ask!

IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER ....

ANYFRIGGINWHOOOOOOOOOOO...

this pic shows the soft section in the white line of the toe ...

I thought would be where the absess would drain

:( but it didnt

Angel Soaking... what a good boy :)


The puncture wound ... OR SO I THOUGHT!

12 hours later it looked like this after I soaked it! LIKE OMG freek me out!

NOW.... the rest of the story....

Well after we got through the Acupuncture and Chiropractic successfully with positive results, the ferrier was scheduled the following week. UNFORTUNATELY, we had several weeks of rainy wet weather and to Angel's demise we encountered a trim to the quick. WHICH means that to no fault of anyone but mother nature and murphys friggin LAW did we end up with an absess. Which was on again off again for 4 weeks until it finally came to a head.

I could ride him some days when he seemed to be better, and now I know those must have been the days when the pressure was finding its way in the path of least resistance and not go out thru the hoof as I thought it would where it all started. I soaked it 3Xday for 6 days in Epsom and Iodine and got a 6 day prescription of anti biotic which I crushed 12 pills a.m. & p.m. in his grain with Bute and his Shen Calm and Joint stuff... then tried... and I SAY TRIED to wrap it and keep it clean in between soakings to no avail....what a riggamaro!

ON the 6th day I noticed this punture wound on the back side of his heal ... thinking well hoping around on 3 legs probaby got him into trouble or scuffed it ... but that evening soak showed the WHOLE heal broke open and looked like dead flesh coming off. The soak caused the flesh to turn white... which lead me to believe that it was dead flesh... OH & the smell! YUK!

I was not happy... and still not happy and I just have to share that I have NEVER had an absess in all my life of horsemanship... therefore I guess I have not lived hugh?

Well things are on the mend... and I HOPE to be riding him again by next week

FINGERS CROSSED!

UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE....

crying out loud... I am sorry.. I have just been enjoying the sun! Who wants to be inside UPDATING... when there is sunshine going on outside?



Gosh.. hmmm now where did we leave off? OK... last post was jumping ... the girls working hard at seat and hands while jumping. From there... we had another lesson and I took tons of video of them jumping. Here are the differences between the two.



The bay mare pops over them easily with forward motion only after being confident about the jump at hand. The rider sticks with her horse but needs to work on maintaining the contact throughout the jump. Before, during & AFTER. If her horse tries to run away after the jump, decide to halt after the jump a few times around and get the horse to listen. Taking control of the horse upon landing and not by bumping on the mouth... RIGHT! right :)



The grey mare, has no forward motion and wants to be babysat throughout the course. Finding ways to get out of jumping knowing that the rider only WILLS the horse forward and doesnt take control or maintain forward motion. The rider worries more about falling off and holds on and leaves the horse to jump at will and then bumps the horse upon landing which makes said horse mad and gain speed which makes said rider worry more and think horse with NO FORWARD mtion is going to run away with her. So she bangs on horse and does one rein stops. NOT ANYMORE RIGHT?!!! right :)



After that lesson we decided that maybe the next lesson would be at the HEP cross country course.



I decided that it would be great to condition my steads on the course as well so the first day we took Baby & Misty. They did great... except for one thing... grey mare did tons of circles between 12" jumps to gain the confidence to go onto next jump. INSTEAD of just taking control of her horse, which she is learning to now ... :)

Keep up the good work and the fruits of your labor will be ready to harvest soon!

Girls Lesson & JUMPING!

WeLL~!

I have to say that I am proud of the girls! They had a good lesson on Sunday and even jumped! Cant jump unless you have control... may not happen the day you want to do it... because control is key. They got control... and then they jumped. Not just the cross rails but also did a

VERTICAL!

Wooo hooo!

They were scared... a little bit... check out this face!

Then this face....

Then they got the hang of it and enjoyed the ride!

HAY... Kaitlyn... what are you doing with those hands? HUGGING YOURSELF?

THERE! Thats better :) KEEP that up and you'll be a star!

Haley... NICE NICE NICE on the landings... gentle and giving.

BUT...

BUT BUTTTTT...

I have OTHER pictures that say otherwise!

FYI mean trainer did NOT post those :)

On another note... Angel is LAME again and a call will need to be made to the VET! NOT HAPPY about that... dont know what the deal was... will have my farrier call my vet to confim his side of the bleeding story... & also let the vet know that the SHEN CALM ~ NOT working... have doubled his doses and still A LOUD SCREAMER is calling to me all the time! Cant take it any more... dont know what to do either!

Lastly, if its not pouring tomorrow... I am taking the kids...ONE each day to HEP to school over the jumps. If not there... then over to the Lyman course to school before signing up for the next Babette clinic at RABTF that we went to before. I dont think I POSTED those pics of baby in the water complex did I?

ANYWAY....

it was fun and hope to do more if MOTHER NATURE will have a

heart!

RAIN... will it ever end.

July 2nd.... and only 8 weeks left of summer... WHAT THE HECK?
I did ride Angel yesterday... and thank Mindy for showing up and giving me the motivation to do so, as it has been WEEKS since I last rode him.
He went well. I am hoping to have someone take pictures of our progress to compare the before and afters. I have been DYING to get the horses to HEP to school over the cross country course... but we know why that hasnt happened YET.

I have to be honest and say that motivation is lacking these days. The list gets longer and longer of things to do during the day and I get more and more depresses to not have accomplished anything as days march on. How about planing things? NOPE. How about putting a horsey event to go to on the calender? NOPE. How about painting the upstairs? NOPE. Bills? NOPE. Cleaning? NOPE. Orgainizing mounds of paperwork? NOPE.

WHAT GIVES?

Severe depression setting in or what? Do I need to be medicated or SLEEP in my tanning bed? I havent even found the time to consistently do that... and I have to cover up this BEAUTIFUL coloring I have acquired on my leg... that gravity is pulling down into my lower leg all blotchy like... mmmm NICE! But hey... no sun, no summer, no swimming... no cares.

NOW that Angel is better, I can get Jaimie to come and ride the shit out of him. Hoping she can fix his left lead issues... or ride him enough to balance him out. Fix me in the mean time so that I can follow up on what she has started for the week.

Charlie ~ i havent rode him since... MONDAY of last week, nor Baby before that. I suck! Simply sucking at the work ethic deal here. Lets talk more about that shall we? Work? Where? When? How much? What kind? How long?... just not interested to say the least.... that must be blamed on the sun also right? Whatever the case may be... I hope that it finds an end soon... I cannot take it anymore.... for my mental state and welfare... MUST SEE SUN & DO GOOD THINGS!

over n out.

YOU SAID IT FHOTD!

love it love it love it!

SO TRUE!

GOD! Who can say it better than her?

NOBODY!

enjoy ~ and I quote:

"For those who think I am too harsh on breeders like this, let me give you an analogy. Let's say you opened up your Sunday paper and there was a dealership with a Nissan for sale describing it as having a 12 cylinder engine, anti-latch brakes, a DC player and power storing. After you got done laughing, my guess is your first thought would be "what a bunch of idiots" and "how can they be in the car business if they don't know anything about cars?" That's my point. The horse business is a business and if you can't conduct it with the same level of professionalism and demonstrated knowledge of your product that we'd expect in any other business, you shouldn't be in it."

EXACTLY!

UPDATE ... on my leg.

Well its not looking any better... its a mass that is hard as a rock and painful to sit on. You dont sit on the back of your legs... or so you think until you have something like this amis.

So it is healing... it is itchy... it is colorful... and ouchy!

I have an appointment at 9 tomorrow to check it out with physical therapy. Someone told me that its better to be safe than sorry. I have also heard that it could take all summer to dissolve the black and blue... or yellow... and or may NEVER go away. So I would rather fare on the safe side and have it looked at. I was also told to massage it... OUCH! I have tried... it aches.

Charlie bastid! My fault tho... no its ok... its my fault. I have broad shoulders Charles...

This pic was taken the next nite....TUESDAY nite.

This picture was taken THURSDAY MORNING!

..... and this is right now... TUESDAY ....

...it still hurts .... especially when I touch it... the muscle area is still swollen.

Now I know why horses dash before the hooves fly!

Yowza!

Itsa MOOSE... a Maine Moose!

So while I was up to pasture taking pictures of my kids enjoying the fruit of the land.... a truck stops at the gate and calls for me. My friend Tom asked if I wanted to take pics of a moose.
Well SHA!
N here they are....

Hosses UPTA pasture ... ALL FOUR!

Had to make two trips to get them all there... kind of a pain... but it has been misting rain for days... and boredom takes over and they are not kind to the shading trees that stand. SO who cares if they get a little wet? They are usually ready by the time I go to fetch them in the late afternoon... sometimes they are shivering :)

HA!

But I dont have to chase them down to get the halters on they load themselves!

Kind of neat :)

So here are the boyz...
watching cows...
and touching noses...
and Charlie being all noble looking...
had to take pics of that :)

.... WHY WHY WHY end a good day on a bad note?

Thank you CHARfrigginLIE~!

You bastard! Who has to take responsibility for this?

I DO!
WHY?

Because its my fault my horse doesnt have manners... unfortunately!

& because I need a rope lounge line... not the flat ones that get knotted to shit!

I have been saying this for how long folks?

I get distracted keeping them unknotted... and look away for one second... and he is getting a leg over the rope while he is bucking and kicking and then whipped around and tangled himself in it all the while... not stopping rearing and kicking... and I am like... SHIT! He is going to have BAD rope burn if I dont act quick... and sure enough... got within kicking distance trying to get his head to WHOA!

I wacked him up good after he tried to strike me AGAIN and then worked him 15 minutes... and then put him in tacked up for a half hour tied to the wall while I iced it ... then gimped back out and rode!

DONCHA' LUV IT? I do! YA love em to DEATH DO US PART! BASTARD!

SO ... I cant chat ... have to go ice it ~ as its getting HOT and aches like hell....

Actually I am better if it stays active... tomorrow ought to be REALLY FRIGGIN COLORFUL, swollen, painful and NICE! Especially for softball!

CANT WAIT!

PS

Uneventful up to pasture thank GOD! Gimped up there loaded em up and put em to bed....

OVER N OUT!

Up To Pasture in the RAIN~!

Rain Rain Rain...

but the kids can still enjoy grazing while the bugs lay low in the rain.
Charlie stayed home as he and baby have been up to pasture every time the last 4 times.
Didnt Angel enjoy himself... .... and the cows he spied across the field beyond the fence.

What R those he asked the girls... WIERD looking thangs!
Of course the beautiful and talented Misty Blue hogged the lens with her elegance and grace!

Getting the piss n vinegar out! Watch out Baby!

Angel how do you do that?

Wondering what those funny short necked Thangs are over there?

Angel sticking his tongue out at the cows!